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Show DAIRY PROVED BULL IS MOST VALUABLE One can never be absolutely sure of the breeding value of a bull until his . daughters come into milk. It frequently fre-quently happens, however, that a good registered bull can be bought from a neighbor who can no longer retain him on account of having too many of his daughters in the herd. Such bulls, when their daughters hao proved to be good producers, If they are free from disease, may often be purchased for less than their actual breeding value. A man runs no risk In buying n healthy, proved bull, says the Iowa Homestead. Many a bull has boon sent to the shambles before his breeding value was discovered In his offspring. Don't lot a good bull of this sort go to the butcher if you can use him. Always bear in mind that the real value of a dairy bull Is determined deter-mined by his daughters. The dairyman, intent upon building a high-producing herd, must constantly constant-ly select the host females as well as males for brooding purposes and weed out the poorer individuals. There Is only one way to do this Intelligently. He must keep production records of bis cows, lie must weigh and test the milk of each cow at least once a month. lie can do that himself If he wants to. The time required to do the work Is small. Such a test can be easily made once a month In two hours, and the operator will find It a mighty interesting task ns well as a 1 very profitable one. II Another way to accomplish the same, end Is to join a cow testing association. associa-tion. Where that Is practicable we strongly recommend that plan. We wish to emphasize, however, that where there is no cow testing association, associa-tion, and no prospect of getting one established, do not neglect the testing and record keeping on that account. Do It yourself. Work of this sort pays big dividends. It brings results. |